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The spotted skunk is most common in rocky, riparian canyons, while the hog-nose is usually found in the middle to higher elevations. None of the skunks are common in the low, dry flats. Badgers are nocturnal carnivores that primarily dig in the ground for burrowing animals. They are armed with formidable claws on the front feet and ferocious temperaments. Few other animals will cross a badger at least not more than once! Badgers are solitary, and roam widely within their home ranges. A badger sometimes makes a circuit, doubling back to check on holes it dug in the past to see if some tasty animal has moved in to take advantage of the leftover burrow.
Badgers mate in July and August, but due to delayed implantation, the badger kits are not born until February or March. Only the mother badger cares for the 2 to 5 babies. They stay with her for about 3 months; then they are on their own. Skunks are nocturnal creatures famous for their ability to spray a fluid so noxious that it can stop a predator in its tracks. The only major predator skunks have, aside from humans and automobiles, is the great horned owl, which has almost no sense of smell.
Skunks usually have enough fluid for 5 or 6 volleys of spray, which they can shoot up to about 12 feet. Skunks sometimes build their own dens, but often share the dens of other animals, particularly pack rats, or make use of other suitable sites such as brush piles, hollow logs, boulder piles, mine shafts, or underneath buildings.
Female badgers can mate at four months old, while the male is not capable of mating until the fall season of their second year of life.
Litters are born in early spring and average 1 to 5 cubs in a litter. Badgers are prey to larger predators including mountain lions and bears. A coyote can kill a young badger but will generally avoid the ferocious adult. Eagles sometimes will scoop-up a very young cub. A badger does not stalk its prey.
Instead it digs into its burrows with its long claws. It is a digging machine. They feed mostly on burrowing rodents such as ground squirrels, gophers and prairie dogs. They will also eat snakes and lizards. Home Destinations.
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